The lawsuit, which was obtained by GLAAD, refers to a June 27, 2011, incident in which Jeff Howard, the owner and operator of a Duluth, Ga., Chick-fil-A, fired Honeycutt so she could be a "stay home mother."

According to the document, Howard held meetings without Honeycutt present and eventually replaced her with a male employee. Her termination is allegedly part of a pattern of gender discrimination "against female employees" at the Duluth establishment.

Prior to her termination, Honeycutt's performance had been "satisfactory-to-above satisfactory."

The most recent Chick-fil-A controversy raises temperatures even higher on the pressure cooker.

"This comes after last week’s statements by Chick-Fil-A’s Chief of Operations, Dan Cathy, in which he openly declared that he does not support marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples – now the company has taken one further step of being out of touch with American values," Brian Pacheco, GLAAD's Spanish-Language Media Strategist, wrote on the organization's blog.